Official Cup

Grasmere Fields
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Harlow AFC's Stu Myers started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Harlow AFC's Quentin Cobb played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukács Madaras in the 3rd minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, ARAUCARIA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Zappacosta came free, but Dida Gröhe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, Harlow AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Benigno Su came free, but Quentin Cobb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dida Gröhe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stu Myers, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Benigno Su in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Quentin Cobb saved Harlow AFC from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stu Myers got free with Dida Gröhe in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Quentin Cobb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hilbert Lyvang, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Stu Myerss short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Dida Gröhe to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. ARAUCARIA FC's Dida Gröhe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stu Myers in the 23rd minute of play. ARAUCARIA FC's Dida Gröhe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Burton in the 24th minute of play. Stu Myers did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Dida Gröhe 26 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hilbert Lyvang in the 29th minute of play forced Harlow AFC's goalkeeper Quentin Cobb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Quentin Cobb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benigno Su in the 33rd minute of play. Tostão de Queirós spun around in front of the goal 35 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Harlow AFC's goal. 36 minutes into the match, Harlow AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Hilbert Lyvang came free, but Quentin Cobb reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39thth minute of the game Stu Myers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ARAUCARIA FC's Dida Gröhe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 43 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ARAUCARIA FC! The goalkeeper, Dida Gröhe, was totally fooled by Harlow AFC's Dedé Neto, who 44 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

If Frank Zappacosta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 52nd minute, Frank Zappacosta got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dida Gröhe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Burton, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 54 minutes into the match, Alex Burton notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of ARAUCARIA FC's Dida Gröhe. Dida Gröhe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Burton in the 58th minute of play forced ARAUCARIA FC's goalkeeper Dida Gröhe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute of the match Harlow AFC got a corner. ARAUCARIA FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dedé Neto ran over to the corner to take the kick. Dida Gröhe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stu Myers in the 65th minute of play. Frank Zappacosta kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. ARAUCARIA FC's Dida Gröhe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Zappacosta in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Burton in the 71st minute of play forced ARAUCARIA FC's goalkeeper Dida Gröhe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Harlow AFC were awarded a corner. Dedé Neto went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Dedé Neto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dida Gröhe quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 77thth minute of the game Frank Zappacosta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ARAUCARIA FC's Dida Gröhe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dida Gröhe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Zappacosta in the 85th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ARAUCARIA FC's Tostão de Queirós got a free kick in the 91st minute. Alex Burton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Frank Zappacosta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dida Gröhe was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. Harlow AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ARAUCARIA FC for a fine match.